Dispensing device for beer and other liquids.



H. RAMME. DISPENSING DEVICE lEOIi BEBE AND OTHER LIQUIDS. APPLIOATIONFILED AUG. 16, 1912.

Patented June 10, 1913.

' 3 Wm: wcoz UNKTED PATENT @Fh ittlltl HENRY RAMME, OF ELUSHING, NEWYORK.

DISPENSING DEVICE FOR BEER AND OTHER LIQUIDS.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HENRY RAMME, a citizen of the United States,residing at Flushing, county of Queens, and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Dispensing Device for Beer and otherLiquids, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a dispensing device, which indicatesaccurately when a predetermined weight of beer or other liquid has beendrawn from the barrel.

The device may be readily coupled to a spigot of the usual construction,so that extensive expenditures andalterations are not required for itsapplication or general adoption.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a side view of a dispensingdevice embodying my invention, showing it applied to a spigot; Fig. 2 aplan, and Fig.3 a longi tudinal section thereof.

The dispensing device comprises essentially an oscillable frame which isadapted to straddle a conventional spigot 10, and which may be formed bya single piece of metal if desired. The frame is composed of a pair ofside bars 11, 12 which flank the spigot and extend some distance infront of the same, where they are connected by a brace 13. At their rearends, bars 11, 12 preferably diverge slightly and are connected to eachother by an upwardly extending arched cross piece or yoke 1&. At adistance back of brace 13, there extends across the frame a pivot 15tiat passes loosely through the side bars 11, 12 and is shown to be madein the form of a screw carrying a nut 16, so that the pivot may bereadily inserted. Upon pivot 15, there are mounted the means by whichthe frame may be readily secured to spigot 10. These means comprise apair of aws 17, extending to the right and left of spi 'ot nozzle 18 andadapted to be connected to each other directly back of said nozzle by ascrew 19 carrying nut 20. The attaching means further comprise a bail 21mounted on pivot 15 and adapted to be projected over nozzle 18 and intoengagement with the nose 22 formed on the latter. It will be seen thatafter the device has been fitted to the spigot by means Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed August 16, 1912.

Patented June it), 1913.

Serial No. 715,317.

of the jaws 17 and bail 21, the frame straddling the spigot will beentirely free to oscillate on pivot 15. During this movement, the ascentof the rear portion of the frame will be checked by the engagement ofyoke 1a with the spigot handle 23 (dotted lines Fig. 1), while itsdescent will be checked by the engagement of the yoke with the body ofthe spigotback of said handle (full lines Fig. 1.)

Means are provided near the front of the frame for suspending a kettleor other reeptacle A therefrom such means being shown to consist of apair of notches 2d formed in bars 11, 12 directly back of cross piece18. Each of the bars 11, 12 carries a sliding weight marred 25, 26respectively for which purpose the bars are corrugated or notched inknown manner as at 27, 28. In use, weight 25 is set to counterbalancereceptacle s3 and then weight 26 is set to counterbalance the weight ofthe liquid to be tapped. As soon as the proper quantity of liquid hasbeen discharged, the frame will be tilted downwardly at its front endand upward at its rear end until yoke let will become unseated andstrike handle 22 as previously stated. In this way the operator willreceive due notice to turn off the cock and unhook the kettle.

It will be seen that the dispensing device may be readily applied toconventional taps, so that any extensive expenditures or alter ationsare not required for its adoption. In this way the very desirableaccuracy in the dispensation of small packages of liquids is placedwithin everyones reach, which in ures to the benefit both of theretailer and of the public.

1 claim:

A dispensing device comprising a pair of side bars, weights slidablethereon, means for suspending a receptacle from ti e front of the sidebars, a yoke connecting the rear ends of said side bars, a pivot onwhich the side bars are oscillable, and a pair of jaws and a bailmounted on the pivot.

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Witnesses ARTHUR E. Zoirrn, KATHERYNE K001i.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

